Ars Electronica Festival · 1998
extrémités lointaines
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 1998
“extrémités lointaines” by Hans Tutschku received an Award of Distinction in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1998.
For his piece "Extremités Lointaines", Hans Tutschku uses the sounds of big cities in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand, as well as church and temple music and the music of singing kids. extrémités lointaines uses recordings I made during a four week concert tour in Asia in summer 1997.
About Hans Tutschku
Hans Tutschku (D), born 1966, studied electroacoustic composition, accompanying Karlheinz Stockhausen on several concert tours to study "sound-direction" with him.
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